All you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. President biden is calling on israel to consider other ways to deal with hamas as conditions in gaza grow more dire. Israel is scaling up its Military Action in lebanon with deadly strikes. Will look at what Israels Defense Forces say they are targeting. Plus both us president ial front runners campaigned in georgia today, laying out their swingstate its strategies as they worked to turn undecided voters heads live from atlanta. This is cnn and then newsroom with Kim Brunhuber resin biden is still hoping to beat the clock and reach a ceasefire deal in gaza before ramadan diplomats are becoming skeptical, it can be done by the start of the muslim holiday to night, which was their goal. But an interview released on Saturday Biden said an agreement is still possible areas i want to see a ceasefire and im starting with a major Major Exchange of prisoners for a sixweek period
He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. Hes been talking to our reporterjoe inwood. He started by telling him how he felt when he was first told he had to pay for his living costs whilst in prison out of his compensation. It seems like a sickjoke. I thought what is the justification for paying the Prison Service because they dont treat you well in prison, they really dont. You should lose your liberty, you shouldnt be tortured by them. I thought, to pay these people for doing what they are doing to me is the most sickening, horrifying, repugnant thing i could imagine. When you were speaking and made this point and express yourself so eloquently that there was a
And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
Not to miss step in either direction, whether that is cutting Interest Rates too soon or too little too late. He will have more to say in front of the Senate Banking committee on thursday. In other news making headlines, a former Google Software enginer has been indicted in california on charges of stealing Trade Secrets related to the compay s Artificial Intelligence technology. Our Asia Business correspondent katie silver has been tracking the developments and joins us live from our newsroom with the latest. Arrested at home in california charged with his former counts of stealing on behalf of two Chinese Companies stealing ai. What we understand he still was data related to googles large model of learning is, what theyre doing in order to train up theyre doing in order to train up their big data centres. It is alleged that he started the company in 2019 as a software engineer, did hisjob legally for three years and then in 2022, started being courted to be the chief Technology Offic
Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec